Lesson 4 Flashcards
What is socialization?
It is a process by which we acquire knowledge, language, values, skills, and habits of a society.
What is enculturation?
It refers to the process by which people learn the requirements of their surrounding culture and acquire the values and behaviors appropriate or necessary in that culture.
What are norms?
Norms are ways of behaving that are considered normal in a particular society.
An accepted standard or a way of behaving or doing things that most people agree with.
What are statuses?
Statuses are the responsibilities and benefits that a person experiences according to their rank and role in society.
What are roles?
Roles refer to the pattern of behavior that people recognize in each other that are representative of a person’s status.
What is conformity?
Conformity refers to the response of those who choose not to deviate. They pursue their goals to the extent that they can through accepted means. Example: following signages/directions on traffic rules are considered conformity to social norm and not following it means deviance (Filipino: pasaway). Act of following the roles and goals of one’s society.
What is deviance?
Deviance is the violation of established contextual, cultural, or social norms, whether folkways, mores, or codified law. According to Emile Durkheim, deviance is a necessary part of a successful society.
What is ritualism?
Ritualism applies to people who have access to legitimate means but for one reason or another have not internalized dominant cultural goals. These members of society focus on conformity
What is deviance according to Emile Durkheim?
Deviance is a necessary part of a successful society.
What is deviance according to Robert Merton?
Deviance is an inherent part of a functioning society through strain theory of Emile Durkheim.
What is strain theory?
Strain theory is the access to socially accepted goals in determining whether a person conform /deviate.
What is ritualism in forms of deviance?
Ritualism applies to people who have access to legitimate means but have not internalized dominant cultural goals.
What is retreatism in forms of deviance?
Retreatism refers to a person who adapts to strain by detaching themselves from dominant and legitimate goals and means.
What is rebellion in forms of deviance?
Rebellion applies to those who reject existing goals and strive to set society on a different path altogether.
What is innovation in forms of deviance?
Innovation belongs to those who accept society’s emphasis on being successful but are blocked in their efforts in achieving the goals.
